Publications by authors named "Christopher DeFelice"
Background/objectives: Narcolepsy is a chronic neurologic disorder associated with substantial challenges that affect the social, emotional, and financial quality-of-life domains. A social listening analysis and structured survey were conducted to better understand the candid perspective of people with narcolepsy (PWN) and their experience with twice-nightly sodium oxybate (SXB).
Methods: To characterize conversations and experiences in narcolepsy communities where SXB was mentioned, a social media analysis was conducted from August 2011 to October 2022.
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- This study investigates patient-reported outcomes from social media discussions within the gout community, focusing on how different management strategies affect emotional states.
- Two social media sources were analyzed using natural language processing to compare the language used in conversations related to proactive and reactive management of gout.
- The findings indicate that reactive management conversations tend to include more negative language and emotions like "fear," while proactive management discussions are associated with positive feelings like "trust," suggesting that proactive care could enhance emotional well-being for gout patients.
Given the severe and rapid impact of COVID-19, the pace of information sharing has been accelerated. However, traditional methods of disseminating and digesting medical information can be time-consuming and cumbersome. In a pilot study, the authors used social listening to quickly extract information from social media channels to explore what people with COVID-19 are talking about regarding symptoms and disease progression.
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